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Happiest Minds, which celebrated its second anniversary recently, gave the entire responsibility of the event, which needed coordination with CEOs and top managers, to a junior employee. “Of course, we were there to guide him. But we wanted him to handle it on his own. He did a remarkable job,” says Raja Shanmugham, chief people officer, Happiest Minds.
Tuesday, October 01, 2013 | Source: dna
Deal sizes are not really shrinking
Beginning his career in 1965 with the Shriram Group of Industries and turning the fortunes of Shriram Refrigeration as its CEO in 1978 is not the only success story Ashok Soota has to his credit. A veteran in the Information Technology (IT), Soota formed Mindtree in 1999 with his colleagues from Wipro, resigned from the board of the company to form Happiest Minds in August 2011. The new company has managed to get 50 plus customers in 2 years, with the first customer coming on board within a month of commencement of business. In an interview with Shayan Ghosh of Deccan Herald, Happiest Minds Executive Chairman Ashok Soota says that at this moment the company doesn’t want to target large deals in the market. According to him, large deal will come as the company grows over time.
Monday, September 23, 2013 | Source: Deccan Herald
Social media analytics emerges as new area of focus for enterprise vendors
Analyzing the vast amount of social media data is fast emerging as a key business imperative for organizations. We spoke to some vendors to get a sense of their strategy to target the space and to find how their offerings are helping firms connect to their customers in a better way.
Monday, September 23, 2013 | Source: Information Week
Social needs to be weaved into the way of doing business
In an interview, Shahnawaz Khan, Global Practice Head, Social Computing at Happiest Minds, brings to light how organizations can effectively leverage the power of social media analytics. He elaborates why co-ordination within internal functions of an organization is crucial for the success of a social media initiative.
Monday, September 23, 2013 | Source: Information Week
Thrust of disruptive technologies is on creating growth opportunities for businesses
Social and mobile technologies have shifted the balance of power in favor of consumers. Today, consumers expect to access services, products anywhere anytime and demand a uniform experience. They expect to be heard and want companies to respond in real-time. Data now resides in cloud and maintaining security and privacy has become vital like never before.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 | Source: DATAQUEST
Here is a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it note for note, don’t worry, be happy. In every life we have some trouble, when you worry you make it double, don’t worry be happy! Don’t worry, be happy now…
Thursday, August 29, 2013 | Source: The Smart CEO
Older professionals launch ventures to bring in expertise to startup ecosystem
PUNE/BANGALORE: Entrepreneurship is assumed to be a young person’s game but that notion is being challenged by older professionals who are launching new ventures, bringing in a blend of experience and technical expertise to India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem. Typically aged fifty years or more, they are setting up companies in sectors ranging from alternative energy to technology services and gaining support from investors who feel reassured by the wisdom of grey hair.
Friday, August 16, 2013 | Source: The Economic Times
ITaaS more than just a passing fad
Virtualized infrastructures are transitioning to cloud and so are rapidly evolving to become the bedrocks of cloud infrastructure to deliver a self-service model, a growing trend. In this type of business model, daily business operations are run without having to invest upfront in basic business applications (office, mailbox) and infrastructure – LAN/WAN or desktop and laptops
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | Source: Information Week
Cloud – A view on why it’s still overcast in CIOs’ minds!
Cloud adoption is at a critical inflection point and as solution providers spearheading this change, we should make the transitions as comfortable as we can says
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 | Source: CIOL
Mr Raja Shanmugam is Chief People Officer of Happiest Minds, an IT services company promoted by Ashok Soota, a leading name in India’s IT industry. Raja has over 24 years of experience in the IT industry. Raja holds engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, and an MBA from Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchi. Raja is a Member of NASSCOM Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee, NASSCOM Foundation’s Disability Advisory Group and CII – Disability Forum.
Monday, June 17, 2013 | Source: India CoCreates
